Washington, Seoul and experts have been warning for weeks that Pyongyang could soon launch the seventh nuclear test in its history and the first in five years.
There will be strong and clear response from the US, the South Korea and international community in case the North Korea proceed to new nuclear weapon testwarned the US Undersecretary of State Wendy Sherman, which visits Seoul.
“Any nuclear test would be a complete violation of UN Security Council resolutions” and would provoke an “immediate and strong reaction,” Ms Sherman said. “I believe that not only South Korea, the United States and Japan, but the whole world will react in a strong and clear way,” she told a news conference after talks with South Korean counterpart Cho Hyun-dong. .
“We are prepared” and “we will continue our tripartite talks tomorrow” with South Korea and Japan, he added.
The previous day, South Korea and the US moved on eight ballistic missile launches, in reaction to North Korea launches eight ballistic missiles on Sunday, as tensions in the region continue to escalate.
Washington, Seoul and experts have been warning for weeks that Pyongyang could soon launch the seventh nuclear test in its history and the first in five years.
THE Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), He further added that the expansion of the facilities in Yongbyon is in progress.
North Korea is hit by a wave of the new coronavirus pandemic, the first to officially announce it last month, and as of yesterday had announced that 4,198,890 of its estimated 25 million people had “fever”. However, it is not clear how many people have been infected and experts point out that the numbers announced by Pyongyang may not be true. The government of Kim Jong Un has not even responded to offers from Washington and Seoul to send aid, although the World Health Organization estimates that the health crisis is likely to worsen.
South Korea, the United States and others “have offered humanitarian aid, which has not yet been accepted, but we hope” that the North Korean leader will “focus on helping his people meet this challenge we have all experienced and return to the table.” “instead of taking provocative and destabilizing actions,” Ms. Sherman warned.
